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[beemerdevil]

sounds like you got a good case there Del - good luck with it 

[Del Boy]

Pictures of the curb with half my alloys up it  . This isn't the whole curb with alloy up it, but it's a 60mph road and difficult to stand there and take the pictures.

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Will upload pictures of the car in due course.

[Marks DTM Calib]

You contact your insurance company, provide the details and pics and let them sort it

[joshwyatt]

Sorry to hear that Del, must be bloody annoying. When it's someone else's fault, and damage is caused to your vehicle or property it can be terribly annoying. I hope you get it all sorted. Especially as the BMW is for sale, that makes it worse. When that moron in the Saab knocked the front bumper of the Range Rover, it was on the day someone was coming to look at it. Hopefully you'll get sorted soon 

[Del Boy]

Sorry to hear that Del, must be bloody annoying. When it's someone else's fault, and damage is caused to your vehicle or property it can be terribly annoying. I hope you get it all sorted. Especially as the BMW is for sale, that makes it worse. When that moron in the Saab knocked the front bumper of the Range Rover, it was on the day someone was coming to look at it. Hopefully you'll get sorted soon 

Someone was supposed to be collecting it next week  Now it's going to have to go back to BMW to be repaired, I won't have anyone else touching it.

[Mr Skrunts]

Dels son posting this as my dad is driving, got pictures of the curb, silver scuffs all up the curb got a slight wheel wobble now too. Got the witness too.

What a bugga, specially the last day of the week before a bank holiday is here.


Right.- put me straight if I am wrong.

Decent road, not in sweep mode on way back to depot.

Parked  - cars none?

1 Motorist saw the event.

Contact made.

Whislt trying to avoid heavy duty vehicle to allow him to drive round you rather then through you to avoid you.

Was afternoon as on way back

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Ok, Might be a big piss up in it for me with this info    (Only joking)

Most sweepers can be driven as Left or right hand drive.

So, lets say he is in holiday mode and off to start his bank holiday weekend, been to the pub for a lunch and a pint or three and carry on the a relaxed attidtude towards the rest of the day.

On his way to the depot he spots a guy a beemer driving towards him as if he was doing it purpose (Lets face it the sweeper driver thinks all drivers of nice posh cars will make way for a mucky old sweeper) and he was right the beemer driver slows and changes direction (as expected) doesnt realise the fact the made contact due to size and weight difference. We know the rest on catch up with him.

Ok.  Damege to 2 sides of your car caused by a single road sweeper.  Sumup is simple, space left not big enough for width of your car so damaged caused.  But bloody hard to proove.

The director says he will get back to you tuesday.

That gives this guy/situation. a chance for the driver to sober up, the company a chance to inspect the damage on the truck and if there is a scuff polish it out.


I personally think it is very easy the reason why it happened.

the lower you are to the grouned and dependent on rea/scenry/town/country the more aware of your distance from the kerbs/verge etc.  Westfield - Omega - Transit - sweeper - Artic etc then a different veiw vantage of the road ahead for one, but more importantly the view to our left.

Now me as a driver focus on the middle of a single carriage road if no markings and am allways prepared to give way as no right or wrong if signs or road makings there to dictate.

On a road with a dotted  centre line then I would never drive on any road with my wheel over thier side if traffic is on the same road of any thing was on the road for that mater and when there is trafic coming towards me it's just a natural reaction to allow space for the other road users acording to the road width.  Lets face it we all know how wierd it feels travelling on our daily routes and realising how odd the centre road line is when we travel as passeners.

But consider this, driving back totally relaxed, switched off from the centre line as you are just monitoring a sucicede junky coming wards in a beemer, but you then relax, problem over, you saw the beemer move over so the white line got forgotton about.  Not really a problem, Mr sweeper sat behind the wheel as normal, normal road position according to his driving style and totally aware of his road pressnce/size.  It's so obvious he cant move over, he knows the width of the the road sweeper, and it's too big and exspensive to move towards the left as he has no space to do so.

So all down the the beemer driver, lets face it the road sweeper man knows he is doing nothing wrong, and has the last laugh as he does'nt pay the company's imsurance premiums.

[Mr Skrunts]

Ooop's

Sad twart forgot some thing so simple and basic.

He was is right hand drive mode, reality check, he was driving left hand mode.

Case Closed your Honour

[size=18]BUSTED[/size]

and confirmed

Why

remember the witness

[Mr Skrunts]

The half a road sweeper he thought was to his helft, was actally to his right and direct in front of del where the driver actually thought he was.

Hence a false road positon.

[Del Boy]

Phil you're a clever man, you summed it up really. Good to speak to you earlier too 

[Mr Skrunts]

Sorry to hear that Del, must be bloody annoying. When it's someone else's fault, and damage is caused to your vehicle or property it can be terribly annoying. I hope you get it all sorted. Especially as the BMW is for sale, that makes it worse. When that moron in the Saab knocked the front bumper of the Range Rover, it was on the day someone was coming to look at it. Hopefully you'll get sorted soon 

Sorry to rub in what I have posted before,but was looking for Tunnies BMW DVR cam thread but cant find it yet.

But was also thing of the Monaro that was test driven by a garage, and then posted on you tube.  ( so need that link again.)

You both need a portable DVR, Tunnies was /is less than a tenner and an 8gb card can be got for less than a tenner

or

http://www.dogcamsport.co.uk/index.html

Possibly a worth while investment for more than just the car traders.

[Mr Skrunts]

Phil you're a clever man, you summed it up really. Good to speak to you earlier too 

It was a great chat Del and so nice to talk to another member rather that chat. 

Also appologies.  Have been ill this week, any way still alive but typing like and drunken centipede. so sorry the post took too long.

[Del Boy]

Phil you're a clever man, you summed it up really. Good to speak to you earlier too 

It was a great chat Del and so nice to talk to another member rather that chat. 

Also appologies.  Have been ill this week, any way still alive but typing like and drunken centipede. so sorry the post took too long.

For what mate? It was a good chat 

[Mr Skrunts]

Just to add to my camera post.

The monaro driver was convicted because of the built in GPS that shows dtail play back in video replay. after flicking through that web link I cant seem to reconise the GPS unit.

[belldarr]

I had a very similiar thing happen a little while ago, although not as serious as this - a small van just ran into my rear bumper in traffic, small mark nothing serious but we swapped details and i then spent the next 2 months trying to speak to someone at the company so see how to resolve - was only a fill and paint after all, but they never called me back so in desperation I called my insurance company and they could tell who their insurance company was using the reg number of the van and they then dealt with it from there - car was booked in 2 days later and repaired and I got all my excess back and no claims unnafected and I so wished I had made the call on day one.

So my advice is don't wait for them to dick you around - get in touch with your insurers and let them rip a hole in the other party with hire car costs etc, your blood pressure will be better for it.

Darren

[Del Boy]

Right pain in the arse all of this.

If *touch wood* all goes well how do you think they'll pay me? Now insurance excesses on lorries are huge, so do you think they'll pay via cheque or what? It'll be expensive, I mean a drivers side door from BMW was pretty close to £1900, what's a front bumper, mirror, alloys and tyres going to cost?